Metallic cross-tie.



No. 653,604. Patented luly I0, |900.

J. 0.. ADAMS.

METALLIC .CROSS TIE.A

(Application led Mar. 17, 1900.)

(No Model.)

'UNITED STATES PATENT, Orrrcn.

JOHN Q. ADAMS,l OF MANCHESTER, VERMONT.v

METALLIQ oRoss-'Tle SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 653,604, dated July 10, 1900.

Application filed March 17, 1900. Serial No. 9,093. V(lilo model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known thatl, JOHN Q. ADAMS, a citizen of the 'Unite States, residing at Manchester, in the county of Bennington and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Metallic Cross-Tie, of which thefollowing is a specication.

The invention relates gto* improvements in metallic cross-ties.

One object of thepresent invention is to improve the construction of metallic cross-ties and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive one which will be strong and durable and which will possess the elasticity or cushioning effect of a wooden cross-tie.

A further object of the invention is to provide across-tie of this character which in event of a portion of a track sagging wili enable the rails to be leveled .up in the same manner as the leveling of rails on wooden cross-ties by inbeing slightly elevated by means of a piece interposed between the bottom of the chair and the bottom of the cross-tie. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective' view of thecha'ir. Fig..5 is a detail view of the spring. Fig. Gis a detail perspective view of one of the tapered.

pieces for raising the rails.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the dra-wings.

1 designates a metallic cross-tie preferably' constructed of a single sheet of steel and bent into cross-sectionally-rectangular ferm, with the longitudinal edges 2 of the material at the center of the top, whereby the `bolts 3 of rail-clamps i may be advantageously employed for retaining the tie in proper shape.

and to prevent it from spreading or separating at the longitudinal edges. The bolts 3, as\clearly indicated in Figs. l, 2, andj, are

located at opposite sides of the center of the cross-tie, and the rail-clamps span the adpg cent portions of the longitudinal edges 2 an bind the same together.

" The metallic cross-tie' is provided adjacent to each end with a Vrectangular top opening 5, through which proj ects a rail-chair 6, seated upon the bottom of the metallic cross-tie and provided at its top with a, recess 7, receiving a rail 8 of the ordinary construction. The rail-chair 6, which is approximately rectangular, is preferably provided with an opening 9 to permit water to flow readily through the cross-tie from one en'd of the same to the other end thereof; but it may be constructed in any other suitable manner. The recess 7, which receiveslthe rail S, is formed by parallel`side anges 12, located at opposite sides of the rail, which is normallysupported above the bottom Ioi? the recess 7 by a spring 10, as illustrated in Fig. 1 ot' thedrawings, whereby the rail is cushioned.' The rail is adapted to-be depressed, and the spring imparts to the cross-tie the elasticity of an ordinary wooden tie. The cushioning-spring, which is conical, may be constructed of any size and strength, and it is adapted to be compressed without its coils contacting with one another, and the block or chair is provided at the bottom of the recess with a circular socket4 11, receiving the coiled spring, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 .of the accompanying drawings. i

The rail is held down upon the chair and the latter is held against the bottom of the cross-tie by the rail-clamps, which are provided with L-shaped engaging portions located at opposite sides of the upper portion ofthe chair and extending inward over the same. The horizontal arms of the L-shaped engaging portions of the clamps engage the upper edges of the side flanges 1i' of the chair and extend inward to the ra`iloverhanging and engaging the bottom fiangesthereof.

When a portion of the track sinks or sags incident to the freezing of the ground or from any other cause, the rails are adapted to be leveled up by means of approximately-rectangular pieces 13, of wood or any other suitable material, interposed between the bottom of the cross-tie and the lower face of Vthe rail-chair, and, as illustrated in Fig. G

of the accompanying drawings, the wooden piece 13 is provided with a beveled edge 1i IOO `to facilitate its introduction beneath the railchair.' To accommodate this elevation of thel rail-chair,v thebolts,'which are arranged in airs, are elongated, as clearly shown in Fig.'

and the nuts l5 are adapted to be loosened. to permit the rail-clampsto engage the chair and the rail whenv thev same ,have been elevated by the piece-,13.

It will be seen that the cross-tie yis simple and comparatively inexpensive in construlction,'thatwl1ile it'is practically indestructithe rail and affords as much elasticity'as a wooden cross-tie, and that it enables rails to be leveled up with the same facility aswhen the same are mounted-upon wooden cross-ties.

What is claimed isl. A device of the class described comprising a cross-tie, a chair supported by the cross- Atie. nd extending above the same and providd at opposite sides with upwardly-exten ing Iianges forming a rail-receiving recess, said chair being provided at the bottom -of the recess with a socket, a cushion arvertically adjustable railchair rangedwithin the socket and adapted to bear against the bottom of the rail, and rail-clamps engaging the chair and extending inward 'over the recess and adapted to engage the rail, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprisinga cross-tie constructed of a single sheet of metal and having the longitudinal edges thereof at the top, and rail-clamps spanning the edges of the metal of the cross-tie, and connecting the same, whereby the cross-tie is retained in shape, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a cross-tie constructed of a single sheet of metal and having the longitudinal edges thereof at the top, rail-clamps spanning the longitudinal edges, and fastening 4devices passing through the rail-clamps and through the top of the cross-tie and located at opposite sides of the said longitudinal edges, substantially as and for the purpose described.- 4. A device of the class described comprising a hollow cross-tie composed of a bottom, sides and a top provided with an opening, a supported upon the bottom of thc cross-tie and extending` upward through 'the opening to receive a rail, and means for elevating the chair independently of the cross-tie to level a rail, substantially as described.

5. A device of the class described comprising a hollow cross-tie composed of a bottom, sides and atop with an opening, a rail-chair extending through the said opening and sup'- ported upon the bottom of the cross-tie and capable of vertical adjustment to project it to a greater or less extentabove the said crosstie, and a piece 13 interposed between the bottom of the cross-tie and the bottom of the chair and adapted to raise the latter independently of the cross-tie to level a rail, substantially as described.

6. A device of the class described comprising a hollow cross-tie composed of .a bottom, sides, and a top with an opening, a rail-chair supportedI upon the bottom of the cross-tie and extending upward through the opening of the top, rail-clamps located at opposite sides ofthe chair and extending over the same Vand adapted to engage the rail, and elongated fastening devices securiug the railclamps to the cross-tie, and adapted to be adjusted to permit the rail-chair to be raised, substantially as described.

7. A device of the class described comprising a hollow cross-tie composed of a bottom., sides, and atop with an opening, a chair snpported upon the bottom ofthe cross-tie and extending upward through theopening ot the top thereof and larranged to 'receive a rail, and clamps secured to the top of the crosstie and engaging the cha-ir and extending inward over the same to engage the rail at opposite sides thereof, substantially as described.

8. A device of the class described comprising a hollow cross-tie provided at the top with an opening, a rail-chair arranged upon the bottom of the cross-tie and extendingv upwardthrough the opening of the top thereof, and

vprovided within the cross-tie with an opening to permit the passage of water through the said cross-tie, means for adjusting the rail-chair independently of the cross-tie, and clamps mounted upon the top of the cross-tie and engaging the chair, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony that I claimv the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN Q. ADAMS.

W'itnesses:

S. K. BURBANK, ELLA A. SMITH. 

